Aleksandr Rudakov

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Aleksandr Ilich Rudakov (Russian: Александр Иванович Рудаков; 1817–1875) was a Russian naval officer and chief manager of the Russian-American Company.

Rudakov was trained as Sea Cadet Corps. Throughout the 1830s he toured in the Baltic, Black and the Mediterranean Seas, participating in operations against Imam Shamil. Rudakov eventually was promoted to Vice-Admiral, on 1 January 1865 and retired five years later.